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O S U calving schools planned
Calving techniques, herd health,
calf survival, disease prevention,
dystocia and other timely topics
will be presented at the 1998
Oregon State University calving
schools, according to Randy
Mills, area livestock Extension
agent for the OSU Extension
Service.
Three OSU calving schools have
been scheduled over the next few
months for Northeast Oregon.
The first school will be held
Monday, January 5, at the
Umbarger Ranch near Pendleton.
The second school will be held
Friday, January 9, at the OSU
Experiment Station at Union,
The third school will be on
Monday, March 23, at the
Highview Ranch near Enterprise.
The calving schools are
designed to meet the needs of the
novice producer, as well as the
producer with a lifetime of
experience, said an OSU news
release. Hands-on learning is the
focus of these one-day schools.
Topics for discussion will
include:
third
trimester
management and nutrition; sire
selection based on records
(EPDs)- herd health programs -
pre-breeding to third trimester;
the birthing function - identifying
membranes and fluids; calving
equipment and its proper use;
handling abnormal presentations,
dystocia and proper assistance;
post-calving
management;
special handling for first calf
heifers; health programs - third
trimester and following calving;
calving bam facilities, chutes,
etc; and getting them bred back
on schedule.
All classroom discussions will
be stopped whenever a heifer
starts to calve. Discussions will
be held on emergency situations
as they anse. The calving schools
are sponsored by the Oregon
State
University Extension
Service, Department of Animal
Sciences,
the
School
of
Veterinary Medicine and the
local county Extension Service.
Preregistration is required and
enrollment is limited to 12
participants for each school.
Registrations will be taken on a
first-received,
first-enrolled
basis. A registration fee of $40
will be charged to cover the
expenses of the class.
For
additional information or to
register for the calving schools
contact the Extension Office in
Umatilla County at 541/278-
5404; Union County at 541/963-
1010; and Wallowa County at
541/426-3143.
Oregon beef producers recognized
Beef producers throughout the
state were recognized for their
contributions to the Oregon Beef
Industry during the 1997 Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association (OCA)
and Oregon Cattle Women Inc.
annual convention and trade show
in Bend. The awards were pre
sented at the OCA president’s
banquet.
Three individuals and two
counties were honored for their
excellence in membership re
cruitment. Jennifer Anderson,
Eagle Point, was named “Top
Hand in the Cattlemen’s Wran
gler Club.” Other Wrangler Club
honorées included Larry and
Vicki Ashley, Maupin, and Rhee
Lathrop, Lostine. Jackson County
was recognized for having the
largest increase in membership
numbers and Linn County re
ceived the award for posting the
largest percentage increase in
membership growth in 1997.
Doc and Connie H atfield,
Brothers, and Oregon Country
Beef were presented the “Innova
tive Business and M arketing
Award” for the continuing suc
cess of their 14 member beef
marketing co-op.
Bill McCormack, Prineville,
Alan Withers, Paisley, and Henry
Krebs, Wallowa, were honored as
“Public Lands Protectors.” Larry
Larson, Eastern Oregon State
University, was recognized with
the “Bull Dog Award-Search for
Truth;” while Lowell Hursh,
Wilsonville, received the “Be
yond the Call of Duty” award and
a thank you from the entire asso
ciation for commitment to assist
ing the producers of the state.
Wamock Ranches, Inc., both of
Baker City and Maupin, received
a standing ovation for their ac
complishments in land steward
ship. The Wamock family re
ceived the “ 1997 Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association Envi
ronmental Stewardship Award.”
Also receiving standing ova
tions were Bob Skinner, Jr., Jor
dan Valley, after being named
“Voice o f the Industry,” and
Sharon Beck, Cove, who was pre
sented the “President’s Award.”
Dunng the western fun night at
the convention, representative
Denny Jones, O ntario, was
roasted and toasted. Jones, presi
dent of the OCA from 1968-69,
was honored for his many years
of service to the Oregon agricul
tural community.
B M C C lists scholarships
Blue Mountain Community
College offers a variety of
scholarships to its students.
Most are dispersed via the
BMCC Foundation, while a few
are presented from outside
organizations.
Some
scholarships are awarded dunng
the school year and others are
secured spring term for dispersal
throughout the following school
year.
Following is a list of
scholarships recently made
available from local and regional
service organizations.
The Scholarship Management
Services
is
offering
the
EMI/Selena
Scholarship.
Applicants must be U. S.
citizens, Hispanic, full-time
sophomores at an accredited two-
year college or technical school
who plan to transfer to a four-
year college or university and
enroll full-time fall 1998 in an
undergraduate program leading
to a bachelor's degree and have a
minimum 3.0 GPA.
Darlene Herbert, the scholarship
representative, in the Office ot
the Registrar and Student
Records in Morrow Hall, has a
few Eastern Oregon University
scholarship
brochure
and
application packets.
The
deadline is March 2, 1998.
Anyone interested in looking at
an application is asked to contact
her.
The Oregon Nurserymen's
Foundation
is
offering
scholarships for students who are
enrolled in a college horticulture
program.
The deadline for
applications is April 1, 1998, and
the scholarships are for the 1998-
99 school year.
For information on any of the
scholarships
listed
contact
Darlene Herbert in the Office of
the Registrar and Student
Records in Morrow Hall at Blue
Mountain Community College.
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The Incredible Edibles
A wake-up call to medical board
To the Editor:
This is addressed to the
Morrow County Health District
Board about the proposals they
are currently discussing.
How can you in your right mind
even consider re-employing Dr.
Robert Boss. Not only did he
refuse to cooperate with the
medical board in the past. He
refused to have his accounts
examined. He did not use the
health district facilities. Did Dr.
Boss refer his patients to our
facility? No, but to Good
Shepherd. Did he ever provide
coverage at Pioneer Memorial on
weekends? No. On holidays, No,
When the physicians here needed
time off to be with their families,
No. All Dr. Boss provided was a
black hole into which health
district funds were poured, with
No, and I repeat, No return. Just
the idea that the board would
even consider this action is a slap
in the face to the taxpayers of
this county.
The discussion of staffing the
clinic for Dr. Ed Berretta, I
assume means the Saturday on
the weekend he provides
coverage here at Pioneer
Memorial for our over-worked
physicians. The article goes on
to say that, and I quote, "the
number of patients who make
appointments to see Berretta
would probably justify additional
staffing", end of quote. The first
thing that strikes me right off is
the word "probably". Sounds
like
guess-work,
which
considering this action is just the
way our current elected board
operates.
I figure it would take around 28
patients to break even on the cost
of staffing the clinic, plus the
expense of paying Dr. Berretta
for being here. That comes to
16.4 minutes per patient. Now,
anyone who can honestly say that
they have been in and out of any
doctor's office in 16 minutes is a
liar. So, now we know we can't
spend 16 minutes per patient, we
have to start paying the staff
overtime. My statement is that
we will not make enough
revenue to cover expenses.
Notice that I did not use the word
"probably".
Now that I've explained that
quote and the word "probably",
what else does this statement
say? It says that our current staff
of Dr, Emie Atkins and Wendy
Haack, FNP, who work 25 out of
30 days a month are not good
enough for the board. Not to
mention that of those 25 days
they work not for eight hours,
nor 12 hours, but for 24 hours.
What kind of a home life can
anyone have working that much?
(Just ask Ed and Jeanne Berretta.
They moved to Walla Walla.) I
know what kind, cause for the
first four years I was here I
worked 27 days a month, 24
hours a day and the home life
stunk.
Maybe the board should read
the article and do their job and
address the problems they were
elected for. It's right there in
black and white.
1) Revenues are down
because Pioneer Memorial Clinic
lacks a third provider. So find
one!
2) Correct billing problems.
That is an administrative issue,
which the board was elected to
oversee.
3) Do something about
Medicare. Write to Congress,
alert local representatives about
the situation here, which is
attacking all rural health care
providers, not just Morrow
County.
4) Investigate, prepare and
apply for state and federal funds
that are there for communities
like Irrigon, Heppner and
Boardman.
5) Promote the Boardman
Clinic now. Dr. DeSoyza is
doing an excellent job. We are
receiving revenue now that we
never received from Dr. Boss.
All the revenue we receive from
the Boardman Clinic is due to
Dr. DeSoyza and her staff.
Under Dr. Boss all we received
was a bill to pay at the end of the
month.
This is a wake up call to the
citizens of Morrow County.
Let's make the medical board do
what they were "elected" to do.
They were not elected to review
ambulance protocol, that is Dr.
Atkins job as chief of staff. Nor
are they required to hear reports
from Home Health, that's why we
have
Mr.
Ken
Schmidt,
administrator. The board's "job"
is to oversee that the health
district operates according to the
regulations as set forth by our
state and federal laws in the day
to day operation of the district,
not medical issues, not technical
issues or clinical issues. Let us
as a community express to the
board members to do the job they
themselves lobbied for, or the
citizens of this county should see
that they are relieved of their
duties.
(s) Jay Straley
Heppner
By Cyd Tullia
Dunng their meeting, the
Incredible
Edibles
made
chocolate chip and snickerdoodle
cookies. Club members were
joined by a new member, Jeff
Hunt. They also frosted sugar
cookies. Amy Jepsen gave a
presentation on how to correctly
set the table. Stephanie Holland
gave a practice presentation on a
pizza cutter. After they had
frosted and made all the cookies,
they added them to other cookies
they brought to the meeting and
assembled plates of them and
delivered them to some people in
and out of town. It was about a
three hour meeting, so the club
members ate lunch around 11:30
a.m..
The meeting was adjourned
around 1 p.m.. The club leaders
gave the members cooking
utensils as Christmas presents.
In the Service
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
Kellie D. Matzen,
a 1993
graduate of Riverside High
School in Boardman, is in the
Persian Gulf aboard the nuclear-
powered aircraft carrier USS
Nimitz, the lead ship of the USS
Nimitz Battle Group. The
Secretary of Defense ordered the
battle group to the area early in
response to rising tensions there.
Matzen is one of more than 5,000
Sailors and Marines aboard the
carrier who will be participating
in Operation Southern Watch,
which enforces the no-fly zone
over southern Iraq.
The USS Nimitz Battle Group
is comprised of 10 tactical
aircraft squadrons, eight ships
and two submarines.
Matzen's ship, homeported in
Bremerton, Wash., will shift its
home to Norfolk, Va., when it
finishes its deployment in March.
The shift will allow USS Nimitz
to undergo repairs and to refuel
its nuclear reactors at Newport
News Shipyard.
Matzen joined the Navy in
February 1994.
M a rin e C pl. C an d ice H.
T rader, daughter of Trudy D.
Trader of Irrigon, recently re
ported for duty with 4th Tank
Battalion, 4th Marine Division,
Yakima, WA.
The 1992 graduate of Riverside
High School, Boardman, joined
the Marine Corps in April, 1993.
VERNON
Robert Vemon Flatt, 70, a
resident of The Dalles, formerly
of Heppner, died at a care center
in The Dalles on Friday,
December 26, 1997.
Viewing visitation was at the
Spencer, Libby and Powell
Funeral Home on Dec. 29.
Funeral services were Dec. 30 at
the funeral home, with the Rev.
Dale Gibson officiating. Elks
Rites were conducted by BPOE
Lodge #303. Interment followed
at Parklawn Cemetery.
Mr. Flatt was bom January 14,
1927, in Moro, the second of
three children to Vemon and
Lillian K. (Grage) Flatt. He grew
up in Moro and graduated from
high school there in 1945.
After high school, Mr. Flatt
lived and worked in The Dalles
for two years, then moved to
Heppner. On July 15, 1950, in
Moro, he mamed his wife, Jane.
He returned to The Dalles in
1965. He spent his entire career
with Flatt's Truck Service Inc.,
until his retirement in the early
1990s.
Mr. Flatt was a member of The
Dalles Elks Lodge #303 since
1950. He was Exalted Ruler of
the Heppner Elks Lodge in 1963.
He also was a member of The
Dalles Eagles and Moose
Lodges. He enjoyed going for
drives, dancing and his family.
Mr. Flatt is survived by his
three children, Nels Flatt of
Portland Connie and Bob Van
Sickle of Sedro Woolley, WA,
and Keith and Martha Flatt of
Wasco; step- grandchildren
including Michelle Leach of
Gladstone and Cathy DeMars of
Oregon City; several step-great
grandchildren; and his brother,
Bill Flatt of Condon. He was
preceded in death by his wife,
Jane, and his sister, Lois Axtell,
both who died in 1990, and by
his grandson, Nicolas Nelson
Flatt, who died in 1993.
Memorials may be made to
Casey Eye Institute, c/o The
Dalles Elks Lodge, 200 E. 3rd,
The
Dalles,
OR
97058,
Alzheimer's Association, 1311
NW 21st Ave., Portland, OR
97209 or a chanty of choice.
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Sen. Wyden plans Heppner stop
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will
hold his third town meeting of
1998 on Sunday, Jan. 4, at the
Family Service Center, 106 E.
May, Heppner, from 5-6:30 p.m.
Wyden promised to hold a
town meeting in every county
each year he holds office.
“We have a big state, and while
it can take a little time to get to
every county, every year, I made
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a promise and I’m glad to keep
it,” said Wyden. “There’s no bet
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Oregonians want from their Sena
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All area residents are invited to
attend the town meeting and
speak with Wyden about any is r *
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Shipsey sentenced for cattle killings
Former John Day physician
Patrick Shipsey, convicted of 11
felony counts of criminal
mischief following his slaughter
of 11 head of cattle, was
sentenced Dec. 17. Shipsey was
sentenced by Umatilla County
Circuit Court Judge Garry
Reynolds to 15 days in jail, 18
months probation, 880 hours of
community service and $12,199
in restitution, fines, fees and
assessments.
Shipsey killed 11 head of
cattle belonging to Mt. Vemon
rancher Robert Sproul. The cattle
had wandered . onto Shipsey's
property.
Shipsey claimed that he was
trying to rehabilitate a cattle-
ravaged stream that ran through
his property and said he became
increasingly
frustrated
by
Sproul’s cattle.
Shipsey had earlier placed an
advertisement in The Oregonian
newspaper criticizing Grant
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County ranching practices.
Shipsey shot three of the cattle
in November 1995 and eight
more in October 1996. He used a
single-shot, target model rifle
that required him to open the bolt
and reload for every shot.
Shipsey was a chief petitioner
of the 1996 measure that would
have required ranchers and dairy
farmers to fence cattle out of
streams and rivers. The measure
was defeated in the November
election.
Shipsey has been ordered to
report to the Grant County Jail by
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